Past Perfect and Past Perfect Continuous Review

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

Jojo ___________ the ball before Sam tackled him.

• catched

• had catched

• had caught

• had been catching

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

The ballerina _________ for 15 minutes before the director told her to stop.

• had spinned

• had spun

• had been spining

• had been spinning

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

I ___________ spots for days before I finally decided to go to the eye doctor.

• had been seeing

• had to be seeing

• had been seing

• had saw

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

Patrick and SpongeBob __________ around in circles for hours before they fell down.

• had to been running

• had been running

• had running

• had been runing

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.

Sheldon _________ in the paper bag before Penny walked into the room.

• had been breatheing

• had been breathing

• had been breathe

• had been to breathe

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

Clara ______ about taking a nap, but decided it was better to go to the lesson.

• had thinked

• had to thinked

• had taught

• had thought

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

The bear ________ to dance when he was just a cub.

• had leaned

• had to learn

• had learned

• had to learned

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

Mr. Crumpit _________ us the formula, but we couldn't remember it the next day.

• had teached

• had thought

• had taught

• had to taught

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

By December, the birds ____________ south for the winter.

• had been flying

• had flown

• had been flown

• had flew

Complete the sentence in the PAST PERFECT.

My parents _________ to go to Hawaii, but in the end, they couldn't take time off from work.

• had planed

• had planning

• had to planned

• had planned